No end to church standoff after first day of negotiations

Wednesday, April 24, 2002

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- The first direct negotiations to end a three-week stalemate between Israeli forces and armed Palestinians holed up in one of Christianity's holiest shrines ended Tuesday without an agreement, though both sides cited some progress and pledged to continue talking.

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